The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-24

ard hidden it from view, will never be
known.
Last Friday night cbout O'Clock, while
John Hale was asleep ON the platform adj
joining the Star office, at TituSvilie,a negro,
| unknown to him, suddenly Snatched his
watch out of his vest pocket and He'd TO-
wards the west. On the outside the case is
yellow looking, and on the ir9ide is bright
gold-like. In the inside of the case Is en-
graved United States Watch Co, Boston,
! Mass"
Joseph F. Dean is having plans drawn for
the erection of hotel on his lot diagonally
across FROM the Lemon street depot OF the
Jacksonville. Tampa and Key West rail
! way, at Paatka This building will be
erected at a cost Of 5000, and this place
will be made the dinner station of the fast
mail. Mr.. Dean will not conduct the bust
ness himself but will lease the building to
| other parties.
The County Board of Health at meet
ing Thursday directed that the steamships
or other vessels should receive no passengers
from Key West to Tampa unless they pre-
sented certificate from the President Of the
Key West Board of Health or health officer
that their baggage had been thoroughly
fumigated and disinfected This is only an
! additional precaution, to the certificate OF
acclimation.
10 per cent reduction from the rates of
Dec "a, 1884 on all mercantile risks and
hotels in Palatka, to take effect on and after
July %, 1887; and that three-quarter loss
and value clauses may be stricken out of
existing policies and omitted in future. This
reduction was caused by the erection OF
water works and the location of fire hydrants
throughout the city.
Daytona Messenger A man is going
MI bp stp # 10 Nytp q
John the Baptist. He has light hair and
chin whisllers and looks like a steamboat
deck hand. We desire to warn those OF our
readers who may be inclined to trust him
that he is not what he purpOrtS to be. We
have taken great pains to look the matter
up, and find, as a result of our research, that
John the Baptist is dead
| John Savarese has purchased the steamer
| Mistletoe from the Homosassa Company to
| tend his fish camps on Tampa and Sara
| Sofa bays He arrived with her from Cedar
| Keys Thursday. He will have her taken
out on the ways at the shipyard and con-
| siderable repairs made, so that she will be
ready to commence running again on Aug.
| IS, at which time the fall fishing season
| opens. Savarese has been III Savannah the
| past month or so.
As the construction train was nearing
| Rosewood on Saturday night, some mis-
|
! ing terror to the hearts of the crowd c.
hands therein. The train ran only few
| yards farther when one of the rails had
| been taken up, and the engine jumped
| across the missing space and regaineS1 the
track, several of the fiat cars being
wrecked. No clue has been obtained as to
who the scamps are that attempted this
wholesale slaughter.
| During Mondays storm at DeFuniak
| Springs lightning struck the house of Mr.
| Pelton, whose residence is about two miles
from town, and tore out one of the gable
| ends of his house, passed under a pile OF
| bed-clOthes which were scarcely scOrched,
| then under q coarse sack, which it set on
| fire, thence downward through the kitchen,
tearing off a large splinter which fell close
| to Mr.. Pelton's chair. A hammer through
which the current passed had its handle lit
| orally torn into ribbons. Not a single mem
Der of the family received a shock.
| Last Monday night at Point Washington,
from an unknown cause. the saw mill Of w
L. Criglar took fire and was entirely de
stroyed, together with a small schooner and
100000 feet of lumber. The mill was
valued at about $t5, 900. and there was no
insurance upon it, the policy having i0st
previously expired. The lumber was owrted
by Baars & Co, of Pensacola, was worth
$4,000. and was also uninsured. The value
| could not be ascertainal. No details of the
disaster are to be obtained, the site of the
mill being isolated, no telegraph wire touch
ing the place, and mail facilities being
poor.
Lake City Reporter: Last Tuesday morn
| ing the streets were crowded with people
discussing the strike The Reporter repre-
| sentative Immediately set out for the scene
of the difficulty and found the doors of both
,S.1,, i boa,
ing around at their ease and imbibing fire.
quently. They appeared in the best Of humor
and no trouble was anticipated.
On close investigation we found
the trouble was caused by a differ
once in wages, some of the markers receiv
ing more than others. Tuesday morning a
committee Of the strikers waited on the
heads Of the factories and presented sched-
ule of prices which they required, should be
adopted. Mr. Gcer refused, stating that he
could not afford it, whereupon they pro
claimed the strike and left. Wednesday
morning Mr., Geer's men came to him to
obtain a settlement for their work or Mon
day He requested them to await the arrival
of his bool-keeper to whom such matters
were entrusted. During this time discus
sion arose between Mr.. Greer and Mr..
violent language and a scuffle
ensued. The strikers then left the house
and all the parties concerned were arrested
by Marshal Bethea and brought before the
Mayor Mr. Hines was fined Sl3 for using
provoking language to Mr.. Geer on the lat
teD1 own promises, etc Mr.. Geer was dis
charged after an admonition. The affair
was very unpleasant to the citizens, us the
cigar makers had hitherto been con
SID cred very good-natured young men,
and the forces at both factories were to be
largely added to.
The following civil appointments have
beeo made during the week: John i. Camp
bell, 20 be County Judge in and for Walton
county; Frank +. Saxon, TO be Clerk Cir
cult CouH in aud for fernando county; T.
w. LangFord. to be Sheriff in and for Lee
county; K. G. Freeman, 50 be Notary Pub
lie in and cor the STATE; King Wylly, TO be
member Board of Health in and for Orange
county; Jasper F. Green, to be Justice of
the Peace in and for Clay county; George
A. Patton 10 be Tax Collector in and
for Franklin county; 7. b. Viewer, to he
County Commissioner in and for Sumter
county; w. a. Mills, to be member Board
Health in and for Santa Rosa county; j. i.
Roquemore and B. NJ Stoddard, TO be No
taries Public in and for the State at large:
John G. Douglass, TO be Tax Collector in and
for Walton county; ID. II. Yancy, to be
County Judge in and for Lake county;
James G. Preston, TO bo County Judge in
and for fernando county; Y. A. Harrison,
TO be Superintendent Public Instruction
In and for Citrus county; james r. Temple,